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Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by EasyNaijacom: 12:09am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Cool, but whatever is coming out the exhaust wont be pretty |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by bright007(f): 12:40am On Nov 09, 2012 |
booqee: shattaap....i'm not in sec sch. Mofo...sharap there....u that just graduated from pry 6 three months ago....u are here spewing thrash about something you don't know.... Now I know where your thinking deficiency lies.....You don't know the meaning of the word "INVENTION" nor the fact that the knowledge and theory needed to produce this urine-powered generator is far..far beyond the secondary school walls as far as the Nigerian educational system is concerned... |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Litmus: 12:42am On Nov 09, 2012 |
[img]http://4.bp..com/-DF6aCEc1k08/UJtPCCRqRCI/AAAAAAAAXEI/NroVJEByFFI/s1600/Urine_powered_generator.jpg[/img] Wow, bright girls.Nigerians are fantastic.Just love their darling little faces, kisses in reference to many of the comments, it just goes to show why Africa is the way it is. Jealousy stunts development, which is why so many of them sit in the sun all day waiting for handouts from white folks. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Nobody: 1:35am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Make I kuku go buy GP tank to carry store urine #TheFutureIsBright |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Nobody: 1:41am On Nov 09, 2012 |
bright007: there is something fishy about this story...the four inventors are in the range of 14-15 years of age and are from Nigeria....a country where even our Professors cant produce tooth-pick...which school did this gurls attend?...so many kwessions to ask about this crap of a story? You know bright, that was my exact first thought.. But seeing the way a nairalander was attacked for voicing a negative thought, I simply kept it to myself.. This is Naija.. Our Very Own Naija.. And for those students inventing this generator, It's Impossi-Cant-Fit-Happen jor! Na strategy wey the school wan use promote themselves. If you check well, it's affliated with a top government mogul |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Nobody: 2:07am On Nov 09, 2012 |
topsyking: RUBBISH invention.... Mumu, you no go eva see better thing make you appreciate, tell me is there anything any member of your family or even you have invented. Abeg my pweety sisters, 3 gboosah 4 una! |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by timilehing(m): 3:45am On Nov 09, 2012 |
gse-integrity:just say u don't follow d invention rather than rubbishin d idea. Its stil on a test & run |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Solozzo(m): 3:59am On Nov 09, 2012 |
bright007: there is something fishy about this story...the four inventors are in the range of 14-15 years of age and are from Nigeria....a country where even our Professors cant produce tooth-pick...which school did this gurls attend?...so many kwessions to ask about this crap of a story? There are so many young geniuses in Nigeria. You need to read full article and further Internet search, pay a visit to their school |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Solozzo(m): 4:00am On Nov 09, 2012 |
I think water will work as well as urine |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by COOLDUN: 4:27am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Good news, and bravo to the girls, this will sound a warning to the GEJ led government and his team of economic expatriates ministers of Finance and Petroleum, that very soon their over relied on Petroleum backed economy will soon be irrelevant in the market. It is high time they look for alternative resources than over relying on the crude oil. A word is enough for a wise. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Shahensha(m): 6:15am On Nov 09, 2012 |
[color=#000099][/color][b][/b] FEDRAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT URINE SUBSIDY DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF PURCHRSING URINE WHICH GOES FOR N1000 PER LITER. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Nobody: 7:57am On Nov 09, 2012 |
bright007: ...sharap there....u that just graduated from pry 6 three months ago....u are here spewing thrash about something you don't know....dumb cretin..words fall from ur mouth like shi't from arrse. I wonder if u reason well before talking. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by folahann(m): 8:23am On Nov 09, 2012 |
There was news about the invention of water powered generator few years ago, also by high school girls. We haven't any about the story since then. Expect this story to die with immediate effect. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by hennyseries: 8:32am On Nov 09, 2012 |
This will end in urine subsidy. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by rman: 8:38am On Nov 09, 2012 |
bright007: ..stop exhibiting foolishness here jare....when I was in ss3,I was a member of Jet club where we constructed a ll manners of devices ranging from fridge,fan,toys etc. people with nothing upstairs are always quick to insult. You are the fool! 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by saintohia: 9:20am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Okija_juju: [b]I died.. ^ End of discussion. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Frankiedu(m): 9:53am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Sky-walker:No, na 4 and 5 years dem dey.Which kind question be this..So rhetoric. Sky-walker:No, na 4 and 5 years dem dey.Which kind question be this..So rhetoric. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by BlackBaron: 10:31am On Nov 09, 2012 |
The girls' invention seems to have caused constellation all over the world, featured on Reddit, Engadget et al. I'm still trying to understand the science behind it myself but a video of it working would not be too much to ask for I think. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by adeoflagos: 11:21am On Nov 09, 2012 |
Not sure why all the noise for a simple science project. While the girls are not claiming credit for coming up with the principle behind their project, they should be given the credit for attempting to demonstrate what "large purse" science labs and professors are currently working on in the luxury of their well equipped labs, at least until it gets to the field-scale demonstration. See links below to educate yourself: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/science-scope/how-pee-powered-fuel-cells-can-generate-electricity/11103 http://www.naturalnews.com/029674_fuel_cells_urine.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/09/pee-power-fuel-hydrogen-urine http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/2012/03/15/mexican-space-agency-supports-fuel-cell-innovation/ It is apparent that many folks commenting here do not have a clue on the idea behind the gathering where the project was demonstrated. "Maker Faire" I believe is a gathering where people use whatever they have at thier disposal to make whatever they want. Here we have three beautiful aspiring female scientists come up with a set-up that makes electricity from urine. The fact that they attempted it does not mean that they could have produced electricity from urine. And the fact that they demonstrated this successfully using basic tools at their disposal mean that these girls are indeed future innovators. I'll give it to them because they've joined the big league which includes foremost labs in the world. If only they have all the right tools and equipments at their disposal. @saintohia .... please keep it down because this is not your "trade". 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by RKVINTLTD: 12:25pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
I salute the Girls. They are inventors, Government should sponsor them for a prototype for Mank of Industry to Finance them. If you believe that Power sector will have 24/7 hr power supply in this our country, you are have not known Nigeria factor. Nigeria supply light to Republi of Benin & Ghana for many years without power failure. but here in Nigeria, Black out every time due to the fact Big boys want to collect Subsidy from Federal Govt. 1.2 Trillion was paid to PHCN some months ago. Have you seen any effect so far. We shall soon start to experience the past if the money had been shared and finished. The Girls should be sponsored. We need that Generator, even if we can not use it in Nigeria, some other country will use it and we export Generators to other part of the world. Thanks 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Localamos(m): 1:39pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
topsyking: RUBBISH invention.... Hey, these are 14/15 year olds doing something creative. Give them some credit. If this was developed in europe like they extracted drinking water from sewage, I'm sure you'd be "impressed" |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by mayorsulphide(m): 1:58pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
The world is a ghetto...if you go urinate somewhere and they use ur urine for ritual..OYO lowa!! |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Dabss(m): 3:09pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
urine is not and cannot be combustible for fvck's sake. its a very good conductor of electricity so it may be used in some electrolytic setup i am no engineer but i think using it in a combustion engine to generate electricity is sTup1d |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by crackhouse(m): 3:23pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Will 5day urine power the Gen? |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Kilianoka: 4:27pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Thanks to these young Nigerian girls, we may shortly be able to replace diesel , kerosine and petrol with own urine, solve energy problems, climb safely out of present economic crises and effectively combat threatening world climate change. 1 liter of your urine gives you 6 hours of electric power. How many liters of urine do you produce per day? I hope giant greedy companies do not stifle and kill off this...Someone thinks this might cause inflation. I think the whole thing would rather bring down inflation and prices. When a commodity is scarce and the demand is high then the price shoots up and becomes inflated. In this case everyone produces urine...and at no cost. No one would set up a factory to produce urine which noone would buy..because any healthy person produces 1.5 liters of urine daily. So he/she produces enough´urine-fuel´ to give him/her 18 hours of almost free electricty every day. The President and the government should seriously look into this matter with the aim of utilizing it for the good of the country. |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Kilianoka: 4:34pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Da_b¤§§.: If you read it properly you will see the urine is not combustible.Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which cracks the urea into nitrogen, water, and hydrogen. Hydrogen is combustible. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Kilianoka: 4:44pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
mayorsulphide: The world is a ghetto...if you go urinate somewhere and they use ur urine for ritual..OYO lowa!! Why must you be so paganistic, so supersticious. How many times do you urinate outside your home? Who has ever uesed your urine for ritual purposes? Who is interested in using your "urine for ritual"? In this case you urinate in your own home, use this urine yourself in your own home to generate your own electricity... |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Kilianoka: 4:50pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Localamos:We have a real attitude problem in our part of the world. I hope the relevant Nigerian authorities know what to do with these young girls and their knowlege. Isnt it innovative? |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by toluene12: 5:05pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
From the explanation, what they did was to extract hydrogen from urine and then used it power the generator, it's not a new innovation. For some time now scientist have beeen talking of hydrogen gas as an alternative form of energy by using water, urine,and corn as its source. Last year, some ohio scientist actually said its easier to extract hydrogen from urine than water, but it takes more energy to extract than whatever is generated. That's always been the problem. I also dont think the girls lay claim to its invention, an over excited bbc reporter reported it as such. It's simply a science fair and just like the secondary school jets competition of the 90's(i dont know whether it still exists)various science projects using locally made materials are exhibited. The input comes mostly from the physics or chemistry teachers but the students are well groomed because they will be the one to explain the principle behind the project. The whole idea is to promote local technology and stimulate young minds towards innovation and creativity. For those saying copy, copy, well this was how china started and the whole world was laughing at them, now the western nations are seriously worried. china knew that if they could use local technology to replicate western products, then they could churn out cheap but quality goods to the whole world. I wonder where nigeria will be today if we had encouraged our 'made in aba' products. For the sceptics and cynics,according to bill gates 'the world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself' these girls' faces are all over the internet and major news network e.g nbc, cnet, bbc etc.for their successfull experiment, thats better than being known for attempting suicide over a guy or being pushed down the stairs by a man u met on facebook. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by Dabss(m): 7:43pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Kilianoka:okay yesslightly, but not enough to power that petrol engine |
Re: Nigerian Girls Invent Urine-powered Generator by harlos: 7:58pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
joerux60:yes u r on piont let them know |
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